From: Rainy “Cutie Country” Cates
The signs are up.
The echo chant.
The roads are full.
But something feels … away.
In cities like Houston, Chicago and Los Angeles, thousands have taken the streets to protest the last wave of deportations that sweep the nation. Pictures are impressive: families locked arms, children holding posters reading “I belong here” and calls perforation through noise:
“Black America. We need you.”
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This is not the first time we have heard this question. But this time? The call hits differently.
Let’s get into it.
People with no documents – many of them Latino – are now facing the consequences of a administration that made its intentions very clear. There was no bait and switch. The platform was public. The threat was possible. And yet …
46% of Spanish voters posted ballots for Trump in 2024.
This is over 14 points by 2020.
55% of Latino Men He supported his campaign.
Meantime, Black voters stood largely unitedwith 86% Kamala Harris support and only 13% Voting for Trump.
[Source: Pew Research, AP VoteCast]
These are not just numbers. Are evidence.
Listen to me.
Black Americans are once again invited to stand on fire for someone else’s fire. And surely – we know the fire. We have lived through it. We have been burned and still managed to grow. But now, as families seek solidarity against mass raids and ice shops, some of us are letting ask:
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Where was that same energy when we were for our lives?
Could the same people now cry for empathy with Blm if ice raids target black communities? Or they would only have … who thought about their business?
Hate exceeds empathy?
Here’s the harsh truth:
- 32% of Americans support expulsion all People without documents.
- 51% say some He has to leave.
- Just 16% They are completely opposed to the deportations.
- And ice? Have lock most non -criminal immigrants than ever.
This means that people who do not have criminal history – parents, colleagues, students – are tired and disappear. Lost. Without notice. Just … leave.
[Source: Pew Research, Washington Post]
Empathy says: This is wrong. Period.
But dissatisfaction whispers: You would vote for it. His own.
And somewhere in between? There the black peoples are called upon to stand.
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Again.
Are we allies or are we always helping?
It’s a time of control, sis.
Because while black people have always believed in collective liberation – they have always been for the right thing – there is an underlying tension here. A feeling that many of us cannot move:
Are we asked to dwell on solidarity or just use until it is convenient to look at us again?
Because let’s be real: At a time when some communities feel “safe”, some become really quiet when our lives are still on the line. This is not solidarity. This is the survival policy.
And we’re tired.
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The biggest question.
This is not just about immigration. This is empathy. For politics. About power. And whether America wants really really black support – or if it only calls when the house is already burning.
So here we are. In his thick.
Marches on one side. Memories of silence on the other. And a black community caught – once – between the burden of guiding the moral category and its bitterness being the only ones who always appear.
So I ask you, dear reader:
How do you feel? What do you think? Do you participate in the race? Or are you just watching the sidewalk this time?
It’s your favorite Bama Blackberry that serves you an hour of snacks that remain. If you will have a cheated day, you might do it in the right way. Everyone wants a piece of Cates.
